Asking Women to Run
As a preteen I learned what it meant to be powerless. I lived in a country where women are oppressed, and as a young girl I found that suffocating. My mother wasn’t allowed to drive. My aunt had [...]
Citizen Action
Citizen Action
Bearing Witness for Trout
I slip into my chest waders again, the ones with the carbide tips for traction. The water of Hidden Creek is cold in late September, a medium you do not want to fall into. But to bull trout the [...]
By Lorne Fitch
Encamping for Change
On Friday, July 24, at 4:00 a.m., 25 people deployed onto the grassy space across the street from Edmonton’s downtown baseball stadium. We erected 10 tents and set into motion a plan to welcome [...]
Striking for Climate Action
It was was minus 20. I had my winter gear on and hand-warmers in my mitts. A small group of us stood shivering by the side of the road holding our signs. Mine read “Unite Behind the Science,” but [...]
Defending Your Rights
My name is Sadie Vipond, I am 14 years old, and I am part of a lawsuit against the federal government. All 15 of the youth involved in La Rose et al. v. Her Majesty the Queen are being affected [...]
By Sadie Vipond
Organizing a Constituency Association
My favourite photo of the Edmonton-Riverview NDP volunteers shows a group of them around my dining room table in 2019 intently studying our constituency’s new poll map. It’s clear these people [...]
Disrupting Business As Usual
During the morning rush hour of October 7, 2019, 10 members of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion Edmonton locked arms and blockaded Walterdale Bridge, shutting down traffic for 80 [...]
Organizing a Women’s March
Nine days out from the January 21, 2017, Women’s March on Washington, DC, Calgary had no local march scheduled. If it hadn’t been for Joni, this city wouldn’t have been part of the largest [...]
Contacting the Premier
When I was offered the Director of Correspondence job in Premier Notley’s office in June 2015, the title triggered images of a quill pen and ink pot atop a Dickens-era desk. Reading the premier’s [...]
Citizen Action: Organizing a Workplace Union
Unionization first came up at our west Edmonton Red Lobster at the end of January 2018. I was approached by co-workers and asked if I was interested in starting something. I quickly said yes—we [...]
By Kareen Grant
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Abuse of Power
Whether you support or oppose Jason Kenney’s policy decisions, as an Albertan you should be concerned about his government’s dishonesty, secretiveness, lack of ethics, unrepresentative decisions and wastefulness. These five areas of abuse violate international democratic standards for good government. Acting unethically includes not only conflict of interest violations and ...
Should Alberta Separate?
Lisa Young, the professor of political science at U of C says no
Let's be clear. An independent Alberta would be founded on a shameful betrayal of Indigenous people. Before Alberta was a province, the Crown signed treaties (6, 7, 8) with Indigenous people who inhabited the territory, who understood them ...
The Plans to Strip-Mine Coal in the Mountains
It looks like spectacular wild country, but some see it more as a big money sandwich.
The top layer of that sandwich is comprised of alpine grasses, forget-me-nots and stonecrop, glacier lilies and ancient, brave pines whose branches have been gnarled and weathered by centuries of wind. In summer, solitaires and ...